Marcel Hossa was born October 12, 1981 in Ilava, Slovakia. The 2nd choice, 16th overall selection of the Montreal Canadiens in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, Marcel is the brother of Ottawa Senators superstar Marian Hossa.

The Ilava, Slovakia native is a graduate of the Western Hockey League's Portland Winter Hawks where he spent three seasons leading the Winter Hawks in scoring during the 2000-01 season and leading them to the WHL Finals.

An offensively gifted player, Hossa is a two-time member of Slovakia's World Junior Team (2000-2001) and was a member of Dukla Trencin of the Slovakian Junior League before coming to North America in 1998-99.

Following his three years in Portland, Hossa joined Montreal's AHL affiliate in Quebec and went on to finish fifth in team scoring, while playing in ten games with the parent club. Hossa went on to split the next two seasons between the AHL's Hamilton Bulldogs and the Canadiens.

Prior to the 2005-06 season, Hossa was dealt to the New York Rangers where in his first season with the blueshirts he played in a career high 64 games. In his second season in New York, Hossa recorded a career high 18 points with the club before he injured his knee and missed the latter part of the season. Prior to the injury, Hossa scored 8 goals in 11 games while playing on the team's top line in February. Hossa returned in 2007-08 and skated in 36 games with the Rangers but struggled to produce offensively. At the NHL trading deadline that season, Hossa was dealt to the Phoenix Coyotes with prospect goaltender Al Montoya and a conditional draft pick in 2009 for David LeNeveu, Fredrik Sjorstrom and Josh Gratton.

Aside from his World Junior experience, Hossa, represented Slovakia at the 2005, 2006 and 2008 World Championships, and the 2006 Winter Olympics.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1996-97

Dukla Trencin Jr.

Slovak-Jr.

45

30

21

51

30

1997-98

Dukla Trencin Jr.

Slovak-Jr.

39

11

38

49

44

1998-99

Portland Winter Hawks

WHL

70

7

14

21

66

-23

2

0

0

0

2

1998-99

Slovakia

WJ18-A

7

2

0

2

14

1999-00

Portland Winter Hawks

WHL

60

24

29

53

58

1999-00

Slovakia

WJC-A

7

0

1

1

8

-1

2000-01

Portland Winter Hawks

WHL

58

34

56

90

58

+11

16

5

7

12

14

2000-01

Slovakia

WJC-A

7

1

3

4

8

+1

2001-02

Montreal Canadiens

NHL

10

3

1

4

2

+2

2001-02

Quebec Citadelles

AHL

50

17

15

32

24

-5

3

0

0

0

4

2002-03

Montreal Canadiens

NHL

34

6

7

13

14

+3

2002-03

Hamilton Bulldogs

AHL

37

19

13

32

18

+22

21

4

7

11

12

2003-04

Montreal Canadiens

NHL

15

1

1

2

8

-3

2003-04

Hamilton Bulldogs

AHL

57

18

22

40

45

+9

10

2

3

5

8

2004-05

Mora IK

Sweden

48

18

6

24

69

2004-05

Slovakia

WC-A

2

0

0

0

0

0

2005-06

New York Rangers

NHL

64

10

6

16

28

-6

4

0

0

0

6

2005-06

Slovakia

Olympics

6

0

0

0

0

+1

2005-06

Slovakia

WC-A

7

1

3

4

6

+3

2006-07

New York Rangers

NHL

64

10

8

18

26

-4

10

2

2

4

4

2007-08

New York Rangers

NHL

36

1

7

8

24

+8

2007-08

Hartford Wolf Pack

AHL

5

1

0

1

2

-1

2007-08

Phoenix Coyotes

NHL

14

0

0

0

4

-6

2007-08

Slovakia

WC-A

5

2

5

7

2

+6

2008-09

Dynamo Riga

KHL

52

22

22

44

118

3

2

0

2

0

2008-09

Slovakia

WC-A

6

3

2

5

4

-1

2009-10

Dynamo Riga

KHL

56

35

20

55

44

9

4

1

5

4

2009-10

Slovakia

Olympics

7

0

1

1

0

-2

2010-11

Ak Bars Kazan

KHL

51

16

15

31

12

8

2

1

3

2

2010-11

Slovakia

WC-A

6

1

0

1

2

-1

2011-12

Spartak Moscow

KHL

35

6

11

17

42

2011-12

Dynamo Riga

KHL

19

8

6

14

14

7

3

1

4

4

2011-12

Slovakia

WC-A

6

0

0

0

0

0

2012-13

HC Lev Praha

KHL

50

8

11

19

28

4

0

0

0

14

2013-14

Dynamo Riga

KHL

50

22

19

41

33

7

2

2

4

11

2013-14

Slovakia

Olympics

4

0

0

0

0

-2

2014-15

Dynamo Riga

KHL

38

7

9

16

24

2014-15

HK Dukla Trencin

Slovakia

4

2

2

4

2

2014-15

MODO Hockey Ornskoldsvik

Sweden

11

3

3

6

0

2014-15

MODO Hockey Ornskoldsvik

Sweden-Q

4

2

1

3

0

2015-16

HC Skoda Plzen

CzRep

20

8

8

16

35

2015-16

HC Ocelari Trinec

CzRep

2

0

1

1

0

2016-17

HK Dukla Trencin

Slovakia

52

22

21

43

30

2016-17

HK Dukla Trencin

Slovak-Q

11

5

6

11

4

NHL Totals

237

31

30

61

106

14

2

2

4

10

WHL West Second All-Star Team (2001)

Signed as a free agent by Mora (Sweden), September 25, 2004. Traded to NY Rangers by Montreal for Garth Murray, September 30, 2005. Traded to Phoenix by NY Rangers with Al Montoya for Josh Gratton, David LeNeveu, Fredrik Sjostrom and Phoenix's 5th round pick (Roman Horak) in 2009 NHL Draft, February 26, 2008. Signed as a free agent by Riga (KHL), July 30, 2008.